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Supreme Court rejects bid to gut federal agency

Supreme Court rejects bid to gut federal agency

Allstates, with support of conservative groups and nearly half of U.S. states, has brought its case through the federal court system arguing OSHA’s mandate is overly broad and amounts to an unconstitutional delegation of power from Congress to the executive branch.


Detention facilities under U.S. Marshals Service lack proper oversight

Detention facilities under U.S. Marshals Service lack proper oversight

GAO made eight recommendations, including that the Marshals develop and implement a plan with time frames for deputies who conduct facility reviews to complete annual training and that it regularly analyze detention operations data to identify problems and trends.


With Brussels fuming, Putin welcomes Orbán as EU leader

With Brussels fuming, Putin welcomes Orbán as EU leader

Orbán said earlier Friday that he was continuing a “peace mission” that also included a visit to Kyiv on Tuesday, where the Hungarian leader met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.


A crucial step towards justice for veterans

A crucial step towards justice for veterans

COMMENTARY | A new bill would provide retroactive payment of benefits for veterans with covered mental health conditions stemming from military sexual trauma, an insidious issue affecting countless service members.


IRS services for underserved taxpayers are good but can be better, report says

IRS services for underserved taxpayers are good but can be better, report says

A watchdog report published last week offered new insights on how the IRS can better use the nearly $58 billion in funding from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act to improve taxpayer services for underserved, underrepresented and rural individuals.


EU firms up duties on Chinese EVs, skirting Berlin’s pressure

EU firms up duties on Chinese EVs, skirting Berlin’s pressure

Germany might attempt to build a coalition against the premiums but faces tough math: it would need the votes of at least 15 countries, representing 65 percent of the EU population, to block them.


House Judiciary files suit to obtain audio tapes of Biden special counsel interview

House Judiciary files suit to obtain audio tapes of Biden special counsel interview

The Republican-controlled committee argues in the suit that the tapes are relevant in its impeachment inquiry into Biden and “whether the President willfully retained the classified materials to benefit either his family … or himself.”


Lawmakers want VA to report on its use of automation to process benefits claims

Lawmakers want VA to report on its use of automation to process benefits claims

Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., shown here outside a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol in December 2023, is backing a bill to compel the Department of Veterans Affairs to report on its use automated tools to process benefits claims.


Zelenskyy to Trump: If you have a plan to end the war, tell us now

Zelenskyy to Trump: If you have a plan to end the war, tell us now

He said, however, that he is mulling a deal whereby NATO commits to no further eastward expansion — specifically into Ukraine and Georgia — and negotiates with the Russian president over how much Ukrainian territory Moscow can keep, officials and advisors in contact with Trump told POLITICO.


Even short trips to space can change an astronaut’s biology

Even short trips to space can change an astronaut’s biology

We also wrote a review article with a more futuristic perspective of how better understanding telomeres and aging might begin to inform the ability of humans to not only survive long-duration space travel but also to thrive and even colonize other planets.


EU diplomat imprisoned in Iran kept his sexuality a secret from the regime

EU diplomat imprisoned in Iran kept his sexuality a secret from the regime

“My strong feelings for my then-boyfriend and now-fiancé Jonathan kept me alive,” he added in the Swedish TV interview.


Supreme Court blocks an EPA plan to curb ozone air pollution

Supreme Court blocks an EPA plan to curb ozone air pollution

But Justice Amy Coney Barrett argued in a strongly worded dissent that the agency “thoroughly explained” its methodology for calculating emissions reduction requirements, which depends not on the number of states included in the plan, but on cost-effective measures that can be achieved at each source of pollution.